A FORMER Essex Police officer has been charged with child sexual offences as part of an investigation by specialist officers.

RESIDENTS in Tilbury will benefit from drainage maintenance works carried out by Thurrock Council ahead of autumn The works ...

THURROCK Council has escaped paying for a developer’s appeal costs despite losing a planning battle over a major industrial scheme in Aveley reports the Local Democracy Reporter. After winning ...

Havens Hospices is calling on the people it has cared for, their families and customers of their shops, to nominate a ...

A THURROCK family butchery business is in the running for national awards for two of its acclaimed sausages. Reed’s Family ...

EXCITEMENT is building across Billericay as businesses, community groups and residents prepare to come together for the first ...

PLANS to replace Essex’s 15 councils with a handful of larger authorities have been scrapped, ending a controversial ...

SAINT Nicholas Church offers a beautiful glimpse into South Ockendon’s architectural past. Its weathered flint walls, ancient ...

ESSEX Police have made their 200th arrest using Live Facial Recognition In total, there were 26 arrests made after suspects ...

ALMOST three quarters of adults in the East of England risk leaving loved ones without clear instructions about their final ...

PLANS to turn a Corringham house into a 24-hour children’s home has been recommended for approval despite objections from ...

PEOPLE are being invited to go behind the scenes of their local hospitals and discover the latest innovations helping to ...